Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), often referred to as China's Google, has seen its fundamental growth metrics collapse this week following a brutal third-quarter earnings report.

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Benzinga Edge Data Analysis: A Statistical Collapse

According to Benzinga Edge’s Stock Rankings data, the tech giant’s growth score—a key indicator of expansion in earnings and revenue—plummeted from the 86.95th percentile to a staggering low of 1.82th percentile as of Wednesday, Dec. 3.

The dramatic fall in Baidu’s growth ranking highlights a rapid deterioration in the company’s fundamental health relative to its peers. Benzinga's growth metric evaluates a stock’s historical expansion with a heavy emphasis on “recent performance”. The drop ...